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Q: I recently booked round-trip flights from Minneapolis to Savannah, Georgia, through Orbitz. We were supposed to fly out on American Airlines and back on Sun Country. We also purchased trip insurance through Travel Guard.

A hurricane was heading for the Savannah area, and we were watching our flight status online and discovered that our ...Read more

Q: I bought two first-class tickets from San Jose, California, to Honolulu on Hawaiian Airlines through TripAdvisor. My husband is 87, and when he could not make the flight, Hawaiian Airlines said it would refund his ticket, minus $100. But the money would be refunded through TripAdvisor, because that's how I purchased the tickets. It's been ...Read more

Q: I recently paid for a flight from Minneapolis to Chicago using frequent flier miles, plus a $75 fee. American Airlines canceled my flight, but a representative told me the $75 fee was not refundable. I called the airline and escalated my request to a customer service supervisor. He also told me the reservation fee was nonrefundable.

Q: Last year, I was scheduled to fly from Barcelona to Banjul, Gambia, on Vueling Airlines. The flight was initially delayed, then delayed further, and then delayed again. We finally boarded the aircraft about eight hours late, then sat in the plane for 40 minutes, and then were told to disembark. Vueling representatives didn't say why.